week 71

Things from the internet: – blend.io is almost my dream app, in terms of being able to make my own custom mixdown of any song….

week 70

Things from the internet: Rolling Jubilee:  Important, still important.  (I also realized this week that Twitter has been a key influence in pushing me more…

week 69.5: elvis by elvis

Ryan Groves and I presented a piece of music at ISMIR this year:  he sang two Elvis Costello tunes, and I synthesized the backing music…

week 69: ISMIR

I went to ISMIR, and presented a paper about how DJs select and order tracks, which went pretty well.  Ryan Groves and I also ‘performed’…

week 68

It was a good week for things. – My man Nathan Friedman came up to Boston to see a concert of Chaya Czernowin pieces, including…

more things

I survived a bachelor party in Portland:  I somehow bought neither records nor books, which is a minor miracle.  Other neat things have, however, been…

many things

– I went to New York!  I only bought two records this time:  Kraftwerk and Talking Heads.  Also saw the NY Phil, who are pretty…

summer music: feminist edition

I discovered, in March, that my music collection has a problem.  It’s this: No, not the Swedish House Mafia per say – although I have…

SMC, re, do

I’m going to SMC! If you need me, I’ll be in Stockholm talking about mappings on iOS, and drinking fine Swedish aquavit. I also (finally)…

week 56

Nothing happened this week.  But I’ve been reading, listening, and working: – What We Talk About When We Talk About Beethoven can now do basic chord…